corbin @corbindreams

i think neofetters reactivity inquiry becoming popular is one of the coolest things ive seen. it’s like jhourney popularizing twim jhana stuff and making it way more accessible (via culture + explanation + etc). this is really good for the world, i think i also rly want practices like [neofetters reactivity inquiry] to become even more popular and scale to ~millions of people in the next 2 to 20 years - but in doing that, it’s just plainly good to make sure we’re not spreading misinformation like, e.g. jhourney is super incredible but it’s just good to note that it’s not the same as pau auk or wtvr. doesnt mean twim style jhanas are bad or useless, just different, and good to note the difference — same w/ neofetters stuff

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corbin @corbindreams

a week ago

fwiw one of my personal objections to the neofetters stuff was that it just seemed incredibly suspicious epistemically. i got over this by noting that people are seeing real lasting results w/ neofetters stuff (it is empirically incredibly useful, cant deny that) and i don’t have to strictly reconcile it w/ traditional stuff (eg questions like “in what ways is breaking neofetters 4/5 the same thing as canonical theravadin 3rd path?” can just remain unanswered), i can just keep them as separate things that have some overlap while still acknowledging the incredible fruits and benefits of both angles see this thread (incl. the bayeslord tweet that i quotetweet):

corbin @corbindreams

11 months ago

@blissbrah basically what bayeslord said about it is also kinda how i feel about it, but with less confidence than him the theory feels too fuzzy n controversial n reminds me of tons of other examples of super bad/confusing pedagogy from music/math/languages x.com/bayeslord/stat…

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corbin @corbindreams

2 weeks ago

@anesmithbeck @AskYatharth i used to do this myself so i could search tweets (i would like to guess yatharth is doing the same?), but then last year i coded a vector search for all my likes/bookmarks

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corbin @corbindreams

2 weeks ago

@psswordprotectd @nosilverv @blissbrah used to do this x.com/search?q=from%…

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corbin @corbindreams

2 weeks ago

@chrislakin (you’ve prob alr seen this, but anyway) related: x.com/askyatharth/st…

yatharth ༺༒༻ @AskYatharth

2 years ago

have you seen this triangle? i stared at this dozens of times. it took me five years to realise

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corbin @corbindreams

2 weeks ago

@chrislakin dang it chris youre making me think.

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corbin @corbindreams

2 weeks ago

@chrislakin i mean for myself

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corbin @corbindreams

2 weeks ago

@chrislakin no, i don’t know hmmmmmm… Hmm maybe (?) im finally convinced enough to do smth like this: x.com/chrislakin/sta…

Chris Lakin @chrislakin

11 months ago

@corbindreams I tried to make that list by asking the coaches, but it's probably much better to make that list by asking past clients. Asking on twitter for coach recommendations, probably setting some ~$xxx bounties, and having strict criteria (eg: “you worked with them to reduce anxiety and

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corbin @corbindreams

2 weeks ago

@chrislakin ugh this is a hard problem. super grateful that ppl like you are putting so much careful nerdy thought into it. Hmmmmmm. im curious what does the next 1-10 years of your work look like? (if youve thought about it)

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corbin @corbindreams

2 weeks ago

@chrislakin Dang it! lol. but i feel like there’s ~0 good doctors out there (maybe i am too distrustful??? or i just havent put good deliberate effort into searching???) in some way, i feel like this: x.com/andrewjrod/sta…

Andrew Rodriguez @andrewjrod

3 months ago

When Amy was diagnosed with a brain tumor, I did what anyone would do: I trusted the system. Two surgeries later, the tumor was still there. So I started using AI to research her condition full time. Within my first week, I found a paper that leading pituitary scientists told me